Council House Stock
Case reference FOI2017/00723
Published 9 November 2018
Request
By 'Council housing', I am looking for any homes used for permanent social housing, not hostels, or temporary accommodation. Please provide the figures requested, even if the stock has been transferred to a housing association.
Response
By 'Council housing', I am looking for any homes used for permanent social housing, not hostels, or temporary accommodation. Please provide figures, even if the stock has been transferred to a housing association.
Please Note: For Question 1 we have provided figures from 2005/06 as this is as far as our records go back. They exclude Equity Share and all figures are as 31st March as retain figures by financial year rather than calendar year.
Question 1:How many council houses did the council own in the following years?
|
Year |
Number of Properties |
|
2005/06 |
5222 |
|
2010/11 |
5087 |
|
2015/16 |
5048 |
|
2016/17 |
5021 |
|
2017 to date |
5025 |
Question 2:How many council houses did the council build (or buy) in the following years?
|
Year |
Number of Properties |
|
2000 |
0 |
|
2010 |
0 |
|
2015/16 |
3 |
|
2016/17 |
62 |
|
2017 to date |
12 |
Question 3: How many properties did the council sell through the Right to Buy Scheme in the following years, and how much income did any sales generate for the council? (Guidance: Income = the total amount that the council keeps from the sales)
|
Year |
Number of Properties |
Income through sales |
|
2000/01 |
62* |
£3,546,927.60* |
|
2010/11 |
12 |
£571,658.73 |
|
2015/16 |
23 |
£2,874,172.36 |
|
2016/17 |
25 |
£3,566,572.60 |
|
2017/18 |
11 |
£1,772,652.30 (year to date) |
*Please note, the figures for 2000/01 are estimates based on data extracted from a previous system which is no longer in use.
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